Conservationists and fishermen in Namibia have reduced the accidental deaths of seabirds including endangered albatrosses, from up to 30,000 per year more than a decade ago, to just 215 at…
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In an alarming new study, scientists found that climate change is already harming children’s diets. It has long been understood that climate change will impact diet and food security globally. But up until…
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At a time of impending global food scarcity, cell-based meats and seafood have been heralded as the future of food. This cell-based industry is where scientists, environmentalists and food technology companies intersect…
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120,000. That’s the number of tons of post-industrial textile waste produced in the United States annually. Establishing a true circular economy for the apparel industry could help lessen the impact. But…
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Another year, another climate record broken. Globally, 2020 tied with 2016 as the warmest year ever recorded. This was all the more remarkable given that cool conditions in the Pacific Ocean – known…
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2020 was not only the year of the COVID-19 pandemic. It was also the year of intensifying climate change: high temperatures, floods, droughts, storms, wildfires and even locust plagues. Even…
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Study predicts that fossil fuels will still account for two thirds of the electricity generated on the continent by 2030 Renewable energy is expected to account for less than 10%…
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Five years of drought have bludgeoned a “breadbasket” region of Madagascar and, along with the coronavirus, have disrupted local labour patterns in the south, resulting in a looming food crisis.…
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After many of the world’s nations went into months-long lockdown early last year to contain the spread of COVID-19, reports began to emerge of the benefits to the environment. Wild…
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At the recent One Planet Summit for Biodiversity the Great Green Wall for the Sahel and Sahara Initiative (GGW) received $14 billion in additional funding pledges for the next ten years. This…